Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 69

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 69

    या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी। यस्यां जाग्रति भूतानि सा निशा पश्यतो मुनेः।।2.69।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yā niśhā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti sanyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśhā paśhyato muneḥ

    Translation

    What is night for all beings, in it the one who is controlled is awake; when all beings are awake, that is the night for the sage who sees.
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